is my 360 busted?

[turkish a. punkass]

i've got 3 red lights on the ring of light. all but the top right portion. so i went to teamxbox and went through the service codes and mine came up as -

Sections 1, 3, and 4 are flashing red
- General Hardware Failure

0102 unknown error - literally means the console does not know what is wrong. Possibly a short or cold solder joint somewhere (2 reports of people repairing this, one was removing moisture build up inside the console, the other used a hot-air rework to reflow the BGA Ram chips)

anybody seen this?

 

[Dave]

sounds busted to me!

 

[Tap In]

1800-4 my xbox

or better yet... you bought an extended warranty?

 

[NavNucST3]

YES...

The irony being that in post 18 of that very same thread, I mention how I had only had a small problem with one of the 360s...

 

[pipo]

You did try unplugging every cable and the HDD?

 

[turkish a. punkass]

dag... i didnt get the extendo warrenty

 

[Fu3lFr3nzy]

dag... i didnt get the extendo warrenty

ouch

so what are you gonna do now?

 

[turkish a. punkass]

grab some sturdy cloth and look for a pipe to hang myself on.

i find it shitty that a 400 dollar electronics device only has a 90 day warrenty. anythng that high of a $$$ amount should be atleast 1 year man.

 

[Tahir2]

In the UK (and probably EU) you get a 12 month warranty as standard.

 

[MfA]

You could check if your state has any extra consumer protection legislation.

 

[Tap In]

if it was manufactured before 1/1/06 it is still under warranty (1 year).

If not... then call 1800 4my xbox to get it repaired ($130 I think).

I always buy the extended warranty for CE equipment... basically the ONLY products that I ever buy warranties for.

other than that I don't know what anyone else can do for you other than to tell everybody to BUY a warranty for gaming consoles!

I just added two years (to the 90 day) to my new one.

 

[expletive]

You did try unplugging every cable and the HDD?

Yes, try this suggestion first. Worked for me.

 

[Tap In]

Yes, try this suggestion first. Worked for me.

well I would hope he would have tried this by now but he never said.

 

[expletive]

well I would hope he would have tried this by now but he never said.

Yeah, i hope in the rush to hang himself he didn't overlook the suggestion.

 

[Tap In]

Yeah, i hope in the rush to hang himself he didn't overlook the suggestion.

 

[NavNucST3]

Yeah, i hope in the rush to hang himself he didn't overlook the suggestion.

On my dead one, it worked for me...twice...and then...well...re-read beginning of sentence

 

[expletive]

On my dead one, it worked for me...twice...and then...well...re-read beginning of sentence

Really... I did call MS about this since i did see the red lights. They offered to replace mine anyway and gave me an RMA #. I'll be out of town next week, maybe I'll just send it in and be done with it.

 

[Tap In]

Really... I did call MS about this since i did see the red lights. They offered to replace mine anyway and gave me an RMA #. I'll be out of town next week, maybe I'll just send it in and be done with it.

I would

I turned mine in under extended warranty (Launch system) purely for peace of mind after a random lock up or two.

then added the aforementioned 2 years. :smile:

 

[turkish a. punkass]

yes guys i tried unplugging things and it would work intermittently for a few minutes and then lock up and go back to red lights. i noticed for a few days before the red lights i kept having to reinsert discs into it because i would get a message saying "please insert this game into an xbox 360 console"

i wonder if its something with the optical drive.

 

[Pete]

Some credit cards automatically extend the warranty of a purchase. Look into this if you used a CC.